EP0440306A1 - Method of temporarily marking textile using chips, and chip for use in this method. - Google Patents
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
- D06F93/00—Counting, sorting, or marking arrangements specially adapted for laundry purposes
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- This invention relates to a method of temporarily marking textile, such as laundry or clothing, for example in the clothing industry, where a mark is attached to each article, which mark is removed again after some treatment and sorting.
- laundry items and articles of clothing must temporarily be marked in some manner for them to be related to some batch of these goods, for example a receipt issued to a client for the laundry submitted.
- the separate articles can be provided with a mark, for example a strip with a number, which strip is attached to the laundry items, for example by stapling, and a receipt is issued carrying the same number.
- the receipt specifies the articles submitted. After washing, the articles that have been washed separately must be sorted according to the identification number and finally the identification strips must be removed.
- a variant of this marking system comprises adhering a label to the laundry on which some identification is printed, for example a bar code, by means of a printing apparatus.
- a label for example a bar code
- Data about the laundry and the client, related to the bar code, can be stored in a computer.
- a problem is that in practice, irrespective of the manner of sorting, insufficient delivery locations are available in the case of large numbers of batches. Some pre-sorting is therefore desirable.
- This invention aims to provide a method for temporarily marking textile, wherein the marking and sorting of the separate articles can be done faster and more efficiently and wherein more possibilities are present for storing data both about the articles and, in the case of laundry, about the client.
- washable 'chips' marks are used in the form of washable miniature responders, to be referred to hereinafter as washable 'chips' for short, which are attached to each of the articles to be treated and afterwards removed again for reuse.
- a chip can be understood to be a circuit comprising discrete components, arranged in a housing that is resistant to conditions prevailing in a treatment apparatus, such as a washing machine or a chemical bath.
- the articles belonging to one batch can be made recognizable as such at a glance by attaching, in further elaboration of the invention, a coloured strip or similar group recognition mark, concurrently with attaching each chip.
- passive chips When passive chips are used, they can be read when they are attached.
- the specific number for each chip is entered into a computer as corresponding to a certain batch, and any further data about the batch can be entered and retrieved later, for example data about the client associated with a batch of laundry and, if desired, data about the laundry (washing instructions, a client's special wishes, etc.).
- the chip is removed from the cleaned articles after it has been passed along the reading station. Concurrently, a bill can be printed, or the amount of the bill can be stored for payment by means of a pre-printed giro transfer slip.
- the numbers associated with the used chips are removed from the database concerning the client and the chips are ready for reuse for another client.
- the invention also relates to responder chips for use in the method, which chips are provided with a waterproof cover that is resistant to conditions prevailing in a treatment apparatus, such as a washing machine or a chemical bath.
- a chip as a temporary mark for textile is the following.
- special packages are prepared for operating rooms in hospitals. These packages comprise some standard elements, for example a sheet for arranging the instruments on, and further an assortment of textile that is specific to certain operations and of which the elements themselves are finished in different ways.
- Such packages have heretofore been provided with a bar code and when a package is used, this is registered (via a computer) and the stock is automatically supplemented.
- a chip can be (fixedly) attached to a standard element of all packages. The element in question, with a chip attached, then forms the temporary mark of the package.
- the articles to be cleaned are taken in at different branches (so-called counter shops) 1 and conveyed to a central laundry 2. After cleaning, the articles are returned to the counter shops 1 where they are picked up by the clients.
- the chip 5 When the chip 5 leaves the magazine 4, its number is read and this data is entered in a terminal 7 (see Fig. 2) on which the data about the client in question or about the counter shop 1 have been called up for display.
- the article 3 is placed above a reading station 8, which is also connected to the terminal 7, and by entering an article code, the chip number is related to a specific article, to a specific client and to the counter shop in question. All data can be passed on to a central databank 9 via a modem.
- the articles can be sent in a container from each counter shop 1 to the central laundry. Upon arrival at the laundry 2, the number of articles (the number of chips) is counted and after cleaning and sorting by container it is checked whether each container contains the right number of articles. In the counter shop the articles can be sorted by client on the basis of the chips attached to the articles.
- Sorting can be further accelerated by attaching a coloured strip 10 simultaneously with attaching a chip, which makes fast pre-sorting possible.
- a responder chip 5 is provided with the responder 6 proper, i.e. the circuit that comprises discrete components, which responder is arranged in a housing comprised of two covers 11, 11b and an intermediate part 11a.
- the parts 11-11b of the housing are made of a material that is resistant to conditions prevailing in a treatment apparatus, such as a washing machine or a chemical bath, and that is waterproof under these conditions.
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- This invention relates to a method of temporarily marking textile, such as laundry or clothing, for example in the clothing industry, where a mark is attached to each article, which mark is removed again after some treatment and sorting.
- In the handling of laundry in laundries, and in the clothing industry, laundry items and articles of clothing must temporarily be marked in some manner for them to be related to some batch of these goods, for example a receipt issued to a client for the laundry submitted. When the laundry is taken in, the separate articles can be provided with a mark, for example a strip with a number, which strip is attached to the laundry items, for example by stapling, and a receipt is issued carrying the same number. The receipt specifies the articles submitted. After washing, the articles that have been washed separately must be sorted according to the identification number and finally the identification strips must be removed.
- A variant of this marking system comprises adhering a label to the laundry on which some identification is printed, for example a bar code, by means of a printing apparatus. Data about the laundry and the client, related to the bar code, can be stored in a computer.
- A problem is that in practice, irrespective of the manner of sorting, insufficient delivery locations are available in the case of large numbers of batches. Some pre-sorting is therefore desirable.
- This invention aims to provide a method for temporarily marking textile, wherein the marking and sorting of the separate articles can be done faster and more efficiently and wherein more possibilities are present for storing data both about the articles and, in the case of laundry, about the client.
- To that effect, according to the invention, marks are used in the form of washable miniature responders, to be referred to hereinafter as washable 'chips' for short, which are attached to each of the articles to be treated and afterwards removed again for reuse.
- In this connection, a chip can be understood to be a circuit comprising discrete components, arranged in a housing that is resistant to conditions prevailing in a treatment apparatus, such as a washing machine or a chemical bath.
- For pre-sorting to be done in a simple manner, the articles belonging to one batch can be made recognizable as such at a glance by attaching, in further elaboration of the invention, a coloured strip or similar group recognition mark, concurrently with attaching each chip.
- For marking textile units, use can be made of passive, exclusively readable chips, or passive chips which are programmable.
- When passive chips are used, they can be read when they are attached. The specific number for each chip is entered into a computer as corresponding to a certain batch, and any further data about the batch can be entered and retrieved later, for example data about the client associated with a batch of laundry and, if desired, data about the laundry (washing instructions, a client's special wishes, etc.).
- The advantage of such a chip as a temporary mark over a label with a bar or dot code attached to an article is that the chip and the chip number can be used again for another client.
- When in a shop where laundry can be submitted for laundering, a chip has been attached to an article (if desired, with concurrent attachment of a coloured strip as a group recognition mark for that branch of a central laundry), in a reading station the data about the client in question, linked to the chip number, are displayed on a terminal. New data, special wishes as to the laundry can be stored, such as the type of clothing, washing temperatures, but also the total weight of the batch and the price to be charged. Thus all items of one and the same batch of laundry are stored in the computer via the chip numbers. The system lends itself eminently to automated administration. When laundry is submitted for cleaning, a specified receipt can be printed on the spot.
- The chip is removed from the cleaned articles after it has been passed along the reading station. Concurrently, a bill can be printed, or the amount of the bill can be stored for payment by means of a pre-printed giro transfer slip. The numbers associated with the used chips are removed from the database concerning the client and the chips are ready for reuse for another client.
- The advantages obtained are that no errors can be made in sorting and billing, and billing is automatically taken care of by the computer.
- Further advantages are that statistical data of each client can be gathered, such as the frequency of visits to a certain shop, the total amount of laundry brought in, etc.
- The invention also relates to responder chips for use in the method, which chips are provided with a waterproof cover that is resistant to conditions prevailing in a treatment apparatus, such as a washing machine or a chemical bath.
- Although it is clear that it is more expensive to purchase chips than labels or other conventional temporary marks for textile products, this drawback is compensated by the fact that chips can be reused and they have the great advantage that, as explained hereinabove, they can save a considerable amount of time at various places in a handling and treatment procedure and the chance of errors, such as laundry being mislaid, can be reduced to a minimum.
- Another possibility of advantageous use of a chip as a temporary mark for textile is the following. In certain laundries, special packages are prepared for operating rooms in hospitals. These packages comprise some standard elements, for example a sheet for arranging the instruments on, and further an assortment of textile that is specific to certain operations and of which the elements themselves are finished in different ways. Such packages have heretofore been provided with a bar code and when a package is used, this is registered (via a computer) and the stock is automatically supplemented. According to the invention, a chip can be (fixedly) attached to a standard element of all packages. The element in question, with a chip attached, then forms the temporary mark of the package.
- To further explain the invention, one embodiment of a highly automated system for use in the temporary marking of textile, in particular laundry, will now be described with reference to the drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 shows the provision of a chip on a laundry item;
- Fig. 2 diagrammatically shows the apparatus in a centralized laundry; and
- Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a responder chip.
- In the laundry establishment according to Fig. 2, the articles to be cleaned are taken in at different branches (so-called counter shops) 1 and conveyed to a
central laundry 2. After cleaning, the articles are returned to thecounter shops 1 where they are picked up by the clients. - When laundry is taken in, a
chip 5 supplied by amagazine 4 is attached to eacharticle 3. Attaching may be done by means of apparatus suitable for the purpose. - When the
chip 5 leaves themagazine 4, its number is read and this data is entered in a terminal 7 (see Fig. 2) on which the data about the client in question or about thecounter shop 1 have been called up for display. Thearticle 3 is placed above areading station 8, which is also connected to theterminal 7, and by entering an article code, the chip number is related to a specific article, to a specific client and to the counter shop in question. All data can be passed on to a central databank 9 via a modem. - When laundry is submitted, to each client a specified receipt can be issued that can be printed on the spot.
- The articles can be sent in a container from each
counter shop 1 to the central laundry. Upon arrival at thelaundry 2, the number of articles (the number of chips) is counted and after cleaning and sorting by container it is checked whether each container contains the right number of articles. In the counter shop the articles can be sorted by client on the basis of the chips attached to the articles. - Sorting can be further accelerated by attaching a
coloured strip 10 simultaneously with attaching a chip, which makes fast pre-sorting possible. - As shown in Fig. 3, a
responder chip 5 is provided with theresponder 6 proper, i.e. the circuit that comprises discrete components, which responder is arranged in a housing comprised of twocovers intermediate part 11a. The parts 11-11b of the housing are made of a material that is resistant to conditions prevailing in a treatment apparatus, such as a washing machine or a chemical bath, and that is waterproof under these conditions. - In the foregoing, the assumption was that chips are used each having a unique number of their own. Alternatively, programmable chips can be used to which a mark of the client in question, for example a number, is given when they are being attached to the laundry item. This creates the possibility of giving one and the same number to all articles of that same batch.
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- A method of temporarily marking textile, such as laundry or clothing, for example in the clothing industry, wherein a mark is attached to each article, which mark is removed again after some treatment and sorting, characterized in that marks are used in the form of washable miniature responders, to be referred to as washable chips, which are attached to each of the articles to be treated and afterwards are removed again for reuse.
- A method according to claim 1, characterized in that simultaneously with applying each chip, a coloured strip or similar group recognition mark is attached.
- A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that use is made of of passive, exclusively readable chips.
- A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that use is made of of passive chips that can be programmed.
- A method of temporarily marking special packages of laundry all containing at least one article that is the same for all packages, for example packages intended for operating rooms in hospitals, all containing a sheet for arranging instruments on and further an assortment of textile that is specific for certain operations, characterized in that a chip is attached to a standard element of all packages, and the element in question, with a chip attached thereto, forms the temporary mark of the package.
- A responder chip for use in the method according to any one of the preceding claims, which chip is provided with a waterproof covering that is resistant to conditions prevailing in a treatment apparatus, such as a washing machine or a chemical bath.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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NL9000263 | 1990-02-02 | ||
NL9000263A NL9000263A (en) | 1990-02-02 | 1990-02-02 | METHOD FOR TEMPORARY MARKING OF TEXTILE USING CHIPS AND CHIP USED IN THE METHOD |
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EP0440306A1 true EP0440306A1 (en) | 1991-08-07 |
EP0440306B1 EP0440306B1 (en) | 1995-01-11 |
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EP91200251A Expired - Lifetime EP0440306B1 (en) | 1990-02-02 | 1991-02-01 | Method of temporarily marking textile using chips, and chip for use in this method. |
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AT (1) | ATE117032T1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE69106536T2 (en) |
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EP0685811A2 (en) * | 1994-05-27 | 1995-12-06 | METALPROGETTI di Santicchi Augusto & C. - S.n.c. | Method for reading chips sewn on garments placed in automatic sorting and collection chambers |
FR2725460A1 (en) * | 1994-10-07 | 1996-04-12 | Kannegiesser H Gmbh Co | PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE WASHING OF LAUNDRY PARTS |
NL1000155C2 (en) * | 1995-04-18 | 1996-10-21 | Lelie Tiel B V De | Method for receiving and sorting garments to be washed for a washing treatment. |
US5714935A (en) * | 1995-02-03 | 1998-02-03 | Sensormatic Electronics Corporation | Article of merchandise with concealed EAS marker and EAS warning logo |
US5844485A (en) * | 1995-02-03 | 1998-12-01 | Sensormatic Electronics Corporation | Article of merchandise with EAS and associated indicia |
US5962834A (en) * | 1997-03-17 | 1999-10-05 | Markman; Herbert L. | Inventory tracking and management apparatus with multi-function encoding unit |
FR2857031A1 (en) * | 2003-02-11 | 2005-01-07 | Patrick Chanudet | Object e.g. clothing item, identifying device, has clip attached to hanger that is placed on metallic rods, and locating clothes on hanger by transmission of electric signal of control terminal connected to rods using microchip |
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GB2009989A (en) * | 1977-11-14 | 1979-06-20 | Rewatex Veb | Method of sorting pieces of washing in laundries |
DE2852190A1 (en) * | 1978-12-02 | 1980-06-19 | Kannegiesser H Gmbh Co | Laundry installation with computerised process control - by means of identification marks on articles specifying customer and type |
EP0077707A1 (en) * | 1981-10-07 | 1983-04-27 | Societe Nouvelle Rockall France S.A. | Apparatus for the identification of objects |
US4577425A (en) * | 1983-12-16 | 1986-03-25 | Life Key Corporation | Information storage apparatus |
US4785563A (en) * | 1987-07-27 | 1988-11-22 | Otto Friedman | Animal tag microfiche indentification system |
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EP0685811A2 (en) * | 1994-05-27 | 1995-12-06 | METALPROGETTI di Santicchi Augusto & C. - S.n.c. | Method for reading chips sewn on garments placed in automatic sorting and collection chambers |
EP0685811A3 (en) * | 1994-05-27 | 1999-11-17 | METALPROGETTI di Santicchi Augusto & C. - S.n.c. | Method for reading chips sewn on garments placed in automatic sorting and collection chambers |
FR2725460A1 (en) * | 1994-10-07 | 1996-04-12 | Kannegiesser H Gmbh Co | PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE WASHING OF LAUNDRY PARTS |
US5714935A (en) * | 1995-02-03 | 1998-02-03 | Sensormatic Electronics Corporation | Article of merchandise with concealed EAS marker and EAS warning logo |
US5844485A (en) * | 1995-02-03 | 1998-12-01 | Sensormatic Electronics Corporation | Article of merchandise with EAS and associated indicia |
NL1000155C2 (en) * | 1995-04-18 | 1996-10-21 | Lelie Tiel B V De | Method for receiving and sorting garments to be washed for a washing treatment. |
EP0738798A1 (en) * | 1995-04-18 | 1996-10-23 | De Lelie Tiel B.V. | A method for receiving and sorting for a washing treatment articles of clothing that have to be washed |
US5962834A (en) * | 1997-03-17 | 1999-10-05 | Markman; Herbert L. | Inventory tracking and management apparatus with multi-function encoding unit |
FR2857031A1 (en) * | 2003-02-11 | 2005-01-07 | Patrick Chanudet | Object e.g. clothing item, identifying device, has clip attached to hanger that is placed on metallic rods, and locating clothes on hanger by transmission of electric signal of control terminal connected to rods using microchip |
WO2007012810A1 (en) * | 2005-07-29 | 2007-02-01 | Stayput Tag Limited | Laundry tag |
US8115639B2 (en) | 2005-07-29 | 2012-02-14 | Stay Put Systems Limited | Laundry tag |
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ATE117032T1 (en) | 1995-01-15 |
NL9000263A (en) | 1991-09-02 |
DE69106536D1 (en) | 1995-02-23 |
EP0440306B1 (en) | 1995-01-11 |
DE69106536T2 (en) | 1995-05-18 |
DK0440306T3 (en) | 1995-05-29 |
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